Condensing device



Sept. 23, 1930. H. L. PHELF S 1,776 323 COfiDENSING DEVICE Filed Aug. 2, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet l bomerfieroyPheks Sept. 23-, 1930. H. L. PHELPS 1,776,323

'- GONDENSINGDEVICEI Filed A'ug. 2,. 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 9 ffomerLemyPheZ vs 3mm v Patented S ept. 23,1930

l. i V e 1 t 2 drum;

I HOMER LEROY PHELPS, oEMAnmmsBn G, wEsrviI GInm oo ENsING EEvIoE Application filed August 2,1192%. Serial iruiziops'sib This invention aims to provide a novel 'disch'arg"es "into the horizontal portion fifof means whereby liquids which are carried in thelflue 4, lengthwiseofthepart 5, and into? e V suspensioninthe smoke proceeding from a the to. of the drum 2.?In the b1fastpipe 1,1, e 1 Wood fire, may be condensed and saved. acorn ined suction andjblowing mechanism I It is within the province of the disclosure 12' is interposed, the, mechanismWl2-being M to improve generally and to enhance the driven in any suitableiway, for in'stance'by utility of devices of thattype to which the an electric motor-114,1 indicated =diagraminvention appertains. matically in-FigureQ, 1A drain pipe15 lcom- With the above and other objects in View 'municates' with the lowerend of thedruni w which will appear as the description pro- 2 am "dischargesintoanyf convenient reao ceeds, the invention resides in the combinaceptacle 16, therebeing avalve 17 in the pipe tion and arrangement of parts and in the ."-:The 'pipe 15? is upwardly inclined to t details "of construction hereinafter described forma means for retaining a portion'ofithe andclaimed, it being understood thatchanges on l sa q t a fc'ann'ot enter thetank I 15 in the precise embodiment of the invention 'by"way'lof the" pipe 1 5. The Valve also "65 herein disclosed, may be made withinthe 1 erves as ameansffor preventing 'frio'i n scope of what is claimed, without departing fiinding its way, into, the tankfthroilgh'the from the spirit ofthe invention. e ipe 15. spray-head18 surrounds the'pipe .Inthe drawings} 6 and dischargesjdowiiwardlyonthe'drum I [Figure 1 shows in. elevation, a device 0011- *2, the Spray head bing connectedto fa i'pipe f io 1 Q 7 7 "structed in accordance 'with the invention, 19), whereinahand va'1ve20 isinterpose'di parts beingin section, I wjIn practicalfoperation,"when wood' or Figure2isatop plan; other inaterialis "burned in the furnace 1,

FigureS is a longitudinal section of the h 'iP O m p s' p itd y @Figure 4 is a sectiontaken abouton the end Ofth'driuri 2. Product-s01?Combustion line"44 of Figure 1, remote partsbeing 'having'ga whirling IIIOtlOII iII the drum 2, omitted; i a owing to'the waly in whichthepart 5 o fthe Figure 5' isa section taken on the line =flue di'schafrges j intothe drum, and'because 5,5 ofFigure'3.' r a blast isfdelivered in'to the pipe 6, byfway so The numeral 1 marks a furnace, in which of the pipe' l l pth'e mechanism shownat 12 I I chips, sawdust, and wood of any kind may sucking the products of combustion out of i 'be'burned. The numeral 2 designates an tithe pipe 6*and'blowing'them into thepipe;

tangential relation tot upright drum ortank, supported'on legs. 3. 1 1; Water flowingthrough the pipe 119 "is Aflue 4 communicates with the furnace 1, distributed by the sprayheadl8 onthefdrum 535 'and includes a horizontal portion'fi which 2E andzr-uns downwardly over-v the drum,

enters the upperlportion of they drum 2, in *the'reby" cooling the drum; Because the t he wall of the drum, -;products of; combustion enter thefdrtim 2 or as clearly shoWninFigures 2 and 3 of the with a whirlingfrnotion, and 'impel led by', 4 (4O drawings. pipei'fi extends downwardly the bl astthroughthe' pipell, the products through the topfof the drum 2. Above the "of combustion travel downwardly in' the drum 2, the pipe 6 has anenlarged portion7. drum 2, in close conta'ot with' thecoolwall There is adamper '8 inthepipe 6, above the. .of the drumfand a condensation is efieeted, drum 2, the damper being underthe control :the productsof'combustion;being prompted it A of an operator. Aibaifle disk 9 is secured to to moveclose to thewall ofthe drumg because -the lower end of the pipe6 and is disposed the products of' combustion must pa'ss' m close to the bottom'of the drum 2. There is through thesmall space' lOi-Which exi'sts'"be-. aspace 10 between the peripheryof the bafiie tween the periphery of the' bafliedisk 9 and I a,

disk 9 and thewall of the drum 2. A blast the wall of the druIn 2a-" The' liquid coni i pipe 11 communicates'with the'pipe 6 and dengedkollt runsthrough thepipe15 intofw0 

